AI Engineer
Salt · London, United Kingdom
AI Engineer at Salt, based in London, United Kingdom. This is a permanent role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 3 weeks ago
- Closes
- 4 Sep 2026
Reference 59b4413ca798d8907917ea8ac01ece57edad1a1e
About the role
🚀 Hiring: AI Engineer (LLMs | Product-Focused | London, Paddington) I'm partnering with a fast-growing, heavily funded startup that's redefining how care providers operate through AI. Backed by $20M in Series A funding and scaling quickly, they're building an AI-powered platform used across healthcare environments to replace fragmented systems and manual processes. This is a unique opportunity to join early, working directly with the Head of AI to take ownership of engineering and help shape the future of the AI function. 🧠 What you'll be working on You'll play a key role across two core product areas: A day-to-day operating hub that helps professionals make better, faster decisions A research-focused platform, leveraging labs, imaging, and structured/unstructured medical data to drive insights Example challenges include: Building AI agents to handle calls and schedule appointments Creating systems to generate and structure clinical notes from free text Using LLMs to reliably extract and standardise complex data Contributing to AI-powered features integrated directly into core workflows ⚙️ What they're looking for This is an engineering-led AI role, not ML research: ✅ ~5+ years in software engineering ✅ 2+ years hands-on with LLMs / applied AI ✅ Experience building 0→1 products in startup environments ✅ Strong backend focus (Python + TypeScript) ✅ Experience with frameworks like LangChain ✅ Comfortable owning systems end-to-end (design → build → deploy) Bonus if you've touched frontend or worked closely with product teams. 💰 Package & benefits £100k + £20k equity Hybrid: 4 days/week in Paddington 25 days holiday + private healthcare Equity for all employees + strong benefits package Flexible remote working (2-3 weeks/year from anywhere) ⚡ Process (fast & focused) AI knowledge discussion Coding interview AI design challenge (real problem) Final with CTO *Rates depend on experience and client requirements
Reference: 59b4413ca798d8907917ea8ac01ece57edad1a1e · Posted 3 weeks ago · Closes 4 Sep 2026 · Listed via Salt
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